The exhibition showcased the best photographers from Coimbatore and the best photographs of the region and was organised by Coimbatore Creative Collective (CCC) - an initiative by creatives for creatives to help enhance the cultural identity of the city of Coimbatore. The event was organised in association with Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science (KCLAS).
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Creative Collective (CCC) in association with Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science (KCLAS) organised 'Vaiyam' (world) – an exhibition that showcased the best photographers from Coimbatore and the best photographs of the region.
The exhibition which was organised for creatives to help enhance the cultural identity of the city of Coimbatore was inaugurated by the renowned environmental activist Bitto Sahgal.
Inaugurating the show, Sahgal said that a lot of tampering has happened with the ‘infrastructure of nature’ which are the mountains, hills, and water bodies that give everything to living beings on earth. He said it is time for artists to come out and tell people the solutions to the existing problems.
“Oceans have been destroyed, mountains ravaged, grasslands vanished, wetlands have been filled and the glaciers are melting fast. But there is a solution to it. The whole planet is designed to repair itself; the biosphere is a self-repairing machine and the whole planet is designed to come back to where it was originallym but only if we allow it to do so by not causing further damage," stated Sahgal.
Sahgal said that the world has never faced a crisis as deep as this. "Climate change involves burning of 500-million-year-old carbon with high calorific value and pumping it to the atmosphere. Increasing the green cover is the only way to bring down the carbon level without spending money. The natural system is perfect. We just have to do nothing and everything will come back. The ocean, corals, forests will all restore itself, if we don’t degrade it further,” he added.
Sahgal also spoke on the ecological implications of dams constructed across rivers alleging that the cost benefit ratios of the existing dams have not been fulfilled but more dams were being built at several places. "The Government can take a policy decision to restore the catchments of these dams to help it perform well instead of building more dams," he added.
Earlier in the evening, Aakash Selvan from CCC welcomed the Chief Guest and photographers who displayed their photos in the exhibition. He explained that 'Vaiyam' has a stunning display of more than 100 photographs comprising of different themes varying from abstract to aerial, mammals to macro, with a touch of ancient history of Coimbatore.
The exhibition which was organised for creatives to help enhance the cultural identity of the city of Coimbatore was inaugurated by the renowned environmental activist Bitto Sahgal.
Inaugurating the show, Sahgal said that a lot of tampering has happened with the ‘infrastructure of nature’ which are the mountains, hills, and water bodies that give everything to living beings on earth. He said it is time for artists to come out and tell people the solutions to the existing problems.
“Oceans have been destroyed, mountains ravaged, grasslands vanished, wetlands have been filled and the glaciers are melting fast. But there is a solution to it. The whole planet is designed to repair itself; the biosphere is a self-repairing machine and the whole planet is designed to come back to where it was originallym but only if we allow it to do so by not causing further damage," stated Sahgal.
Sahgal said that the world has never faced a crisis as deep as this. "Climate change involves burning of 500-million-year-old carbon with high calorific value and pumping it to the atmosphere. Increasing the green cover is the only way to bring down the carbon level without spending money. The natural system is perfect. We just have to do nothing and everything will come back. The ocean, corals, forests will all restore itself, if we don’t degrade it further,” he added.
Sahgal also spoke on the ecological implications of dams constructed across rivers alleging that the cost benefit ratios of the existing dams have not been fulfilled but more dams were being built at several places. "The Government can take a policy decision to restore the catchments of these dams to help it perform well instead of building more dams," he added.
Earlier in the evening, Aakash Selvan from CCC welcomed the Chief Guest and photographers who displayed their photos in the exhibition. He explained that 'Vaiyam' has a stunning display of more than 100 photographs comprising of different themes varying from abstract to aerial, mammals to macro, with a touch of ancient history of Coimbatore.